Written by Allen Wyatt (last updated June 22, 2019)
This tip applies to Word 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019, and 2021
If you are creating a regular table of contents from headings within the document, you don't need the information in this tip. Instead, you should refer to the TOC tips provided in other issues of WordTips. If you are creating a specialized TOC, however, then you will need the information in this tip. Examples of a specialized TOC would be a table of figures, illustrations, or tables. To create these types of TOCs, you must follow these two basic steps:
The first step is done by the following these steps; the second is covered in the next tip.
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2020-03-14 02:30:46
BradleyK
This page has a mention of the TC field but the TC field should be treated as what it is, a completely separate field that is used by the TOC field to create a Table of Contents.
This is the first time I have been frustrated by the TIPS site. I have used the site for Word and Excel for over a year.I And seeing the other areas it includes, I am planning on checking out a couple of other forums.
But Table of Contents related fields is complicated according to the Word Help results. That is why I love your site. Short, to the point , very descriptive texts to specific tasks. I think even my wife could use your tips. (She is very incompetent with Windows, Word and Excel and refuses to go to any classes about these subjects. I am not nearly as good at technical support withing the family as I was when I did telephone customer support for printers and servers long ago. Those customers were usually technically competent and just need a little help with the printer or the server.)
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